Pushing

//ˈpʊʃɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is pushed.

    "We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd."

  2. 2
    the act of applying force in order to move something away wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of push form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That pushes forward; pressing, driving.

    "There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams."

  2. 2
    Aggressively assertive; pushy. archaic

    "Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair[…]"

Synonyms

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adventuresomeadventurousaggressiveambitiousassertivebrash

Antonyms

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pull

Example

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"That last comment was pushing it."

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pencil pushingpushing schoolpushing-jacksquare-pushingsymbol pushing

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